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by Jim Ware | October 16, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Researchers have made rapid advances in computer miniaturization, which makes it possible to develop smaller robot brains. Unfortunately, existing actuators remain bulky which limits the possibilities for smaller robots or intelligent prosthetic limbs. Existing...
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by Bruce Brown | October 11, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
About one in ten babies born in the U.S. is delivered pre-term, before completing 37 weeks of pregnancy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest report on premature birth rates also states that babies’ brains, lungs, and liver...
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by Bruce Brown | October 10, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Research and development entities use the term “smart bandages” to describe their technologies’ function or features. Unfortunately no common understanding of what makes a bandage “smart” has emerged. Smart tech implies the ability to...
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by Bruce Brown | October 5, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Babies fall all the time while learning to stand up and walk. They often laugh when they fall, particularly if they land on their padded butt. Older people sometimes fall but seldom laugh about it, even if they are wearing the same type of padding. Falls are the most...
![Low-Cost, Scalable Energy Harvesting [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/10/Clemson-energy-harvesting.png?resize=600%2C275)
by Kimberly Houston | October 4, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
What if every day, ordinary materials could transform human motion into electricity to power lights, electronic devices, and used for other important applications? Physicists at the Clemson Nanomaterials Institute (CNI) at Clemson University have developed the...
by Bruce Brown | October 3, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Biometric scanning for facility access and computer login isn’t new. Iris scans, fingerprint readers, and more have featured in films and real-world applications for decades. We previously wrote about Imprivata’s patient ID system that uses infra-red...
